Machine Learning Contracts in Wales

Machine Learning (ML)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Machine Learning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Machine Learning over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - 56
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 15 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 4.98% - 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.58% - 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £554 - £350
25th Percentile £559 - £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - -24.49%
75th Percentile £619 - £525
90th Percentile £675 - £555
UK median daily rate £550 £580 £588
% change year-on-year -5.17% -1.28% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.86% +50.00% -22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Machine Learning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 269 302 484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 89.37% 70.89% 87.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 188 369
10th Percentile £190 £143 £180
25th Percentile £285 £306 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £488 £553 £586
90th Percentile £616 £629 £650
UK median daily rate £502 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.33% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 40 28
10th Percentile £13.08 £11.75 £14.68
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.48 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.24 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year +11.19% +7.55% -6.49%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.44 £24.06
90th Percentile £41.63 £85.10 £49.13
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Machine Learning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Machine Learning in Wales

Machine Learning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Machine Learning in Wales

Machine Learning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Machine Learning in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Machine Learning in Wales

Machine Learning
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning within the Wales region over the 6 months to 23 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales - 14 £575 - 93
Dyfed - 1 £675 -
Machine Learning
UK

Machine Learning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) Azure Machine Learning
3 3 (20.00%) GCP
4 2 (13.33%) AWS
5 1 (6.67%) Azure AI
5 1 (6.67%) GitHub
5 1 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
1 2 (13.33%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Artifactory
1 1 (6.67%) Git
General
1 4 (26.67%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Senior
2 6 (40.00%) Research Scientist
3 2 (13.33%) Data Scientist
3 2 (13.33%) Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Machine Learning Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Python Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Python Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Security Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) scikit-learn
2 2 (13.33%) Pandas
2 2 (13.33%) PyTorch
2 2 (13.33%) RESTful
2 2 (13.33%) TensorFlow
3 1 (6.67%) Anaconda
3 1 (6.67%) Express.js
3 1 (6.67%) LangChain
3 1 (6.67%) NestJS
3 1 (6.67%) Node.js
3 1 (6.67%) NumPy
3 1 (6.67%) PySpark
3 1 (6.67%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) Algorithms
2 3 (20.00%) Blog
3 2 (13.33%) Cyberattack
3 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
3 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
4 1 (6.67%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
1 1 (6.67%) VMS
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 10 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (53.33%) Roadmaps
4 6 (40.00%) Data Science
4 6 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 4 (26.67%) Analytics
5 4 (26.67%) Data Analytics
6 2 (13.33%) Cloud Security
6 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
6 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (13.33%) SDLC
6 2 (13.33%) Security Operations
7 1 (6.67%) CI/CD
7 1 (6.67%) Containerisation
7 1 (6.67%) Customer Experience
7 1 (6.67%) Feature Engineering
7 1 (6.67%) Generative AI
7 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (6.67%) LLM
7 1 (6.67%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) Python
2 5 (33.33%) Rust
3 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Degree
2 5 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 5 (33.33%) PhD
3 4 (26.67%) Postgraduate
4 3 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (13.33%) CCNA
5 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Docker
1 1 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco
1 2 (13.33%) Google
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Databricks
2 1 (6.67%) Foundry